Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mayer, Mayer Not
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.16.2009
Walker has found a match to Kiefer's photo and calls him to tell him -- oh, shit, this is embarrassing. The guy I've been calling "Quentin" since last week is in fact John Quinn. This is what I get for recapping with the closed captioning off. Quinn is apparently a black ops vet. And another thing I missed is that he was in "Redemption," as one of the two guys who was sweating Roger's friend Chris. Thanks, forum posters. Anyway, Walker tells Kiefer what we already know, which is that Quinn works for Starkwood. Kiefer is familiar with the name as that of a defense consultant, but Walker says that in the years while Kiefer was gone, the Pentagon has been outsourcing to them like crazy. "Starkwood's basically a private army," she says. "Thousands of men deployed here and abroad." However, she's not aware of them having any connection to Juma. "You know, if anyone knows, it's Senator Mayer," she adds. Apparently Starkwood has been one of Mayer's pet targets after he took down CTU. "Supposedly Mayer has enough to put them out of business," she says. How convenient is that? Kiefer's so lucky that Starkwood wasn't targeted by some other senator, who doesn't want him in jail. Kiefer wants to talk to Mayer, and Walker hangs up, promising to find out where he is now. And how hard could that be?
At 9:09:47, Moss is back in the office, asking Janis about Walker. Janis says she's in her office, and when she tries to tell him about how Morris O'Brian is waiting in the conference room, he blows right past her. Even under the circumstances, you'd think he'd make time to take in a clever British quip or two.
Walker has opened a window on her computer that looks like a White House manifest, showing a bunch of unfamiliar names and photos, as well as those of Aaron Pierce, Bill Buchanan (which does not have Buchanan's eyes digitally X'ed out for some reason), Jack Bauer, Olivia Taylor, and the one she's looking for: Senator Blaine Mayer. She clicks on him and learns that he's in transit to 15 Deerbrook Avenue, which just happens to be his home. What are the chances? She drags that and Quinn's electronic dossier into a window that starts automatically encrypting the information, just as Moss taps on her door and steps inside. Luckily, she sits with her laptop facing away from the door so that he can't see the giant flashing letters on her screen that read "NOW UPLOADING FILE TO AID AND ABET WANTED SUSPECT," complete with progress bar. She quietly claims that she's just a few forms away from taking off for the night. Moss asks her if she heard what happened, and she doesn't deny knowing about it. "After everything Jack's done today, do you really believe that he murdered Burnett?" she asks. Moss doesn't actually know or care. "He's a federal fugitive and needs to be found." She continues to play it cool, which is easier now that her computer has finished encrypting the file and is somehow auto-sending it without her having to do anything else. Moss tells her to go home and get some sleep, and leaves the room. "Okay," Walker whispers. They're getting along pretty well, considering he just suspended her less than an hour ago. Think he'll un-suspend her? Not if he finds out what she's doing now, which is picking up her phone again to call Kiefer.